Foreign Affairs

George Bridges reflects on the life of his uncle, who was son of Second World War-era cabinet secretary Edward Bridges

Paul Lincoln to lead immigration and customs-control body from September

Crawford Falconer to advise on post-Brexit deals and lead development of trade profession across the civil service

Veteran negotiator Jonathan Powell has had a hand in some of the most important deals in the UK’s recent history. He offers some Brexit wisdom to John Ashmore

Proposal would create a network comprising nine trade commissioners across the world to drum up business for the UK after Brexit

Department's director general for policy and global programmes Nick Dyer will step up to top job

Theresa May to urge US president Donald Trump to keep intelligence and security information secure

Terrorism threat level raised to critical after COBRA meeting

Think tank warns post-Brexit trade deals will require a step-change in Whitehall culture with the creation of a new “trade negotiator” profession as a priority

Union calls on ministers to clamp down on “unwarranted, vicious attacks” on public servants in the press

According to reports, the Department for International Development’s top civil servant is set to be appointed as under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs at the UN

 

Letter dismisses government's claim that it meets 2% NATO defence spending target as “accounting deception”

DFID budget set to rise despite cuts elsewhere in Whitehall under spending pledge

William Ury, who has also helped end conflicts in Colombia, the Middle East and the Balkans, has met with officials

Institute for Government report says free movement could stay for several years because new system won’t be ready

Foreign secretary’s mayoral fixer becomes non-executive director at King Charles Street

Rise in spending through aid outsourcing has turned DfID into a commissioning department, say MPs

CIPFA commission will provide advice to ministers as the Article 50 negotiations proceed

Select committee calls on Treasury to relax rules so that Department for International Development can build capacity to ensure it allocates and manages aid budgets effectively

Prime minister leads parliament in paying tribute to those affected

MPs warn that contract with Capita-led consortium has "failed to transform" Defence Infrastructure Organisation, and continued uncertainty will exacerbate ongoing recruitment challenges at the body set up to manage £31bn defence estate 

Davinder Mann promoted to lead operations at business-aiding agency

PACAC slams the “absence of safeguards” to ensure prime ministers do not bypass proper cabinet procedures,  and urges government to publish the lessons it has learned from Chilcot Inquiry